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chazmuso11 · Post by **chazmuso11** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:12 am

Hi,

I've been looking for a software oscilloscope (vst, or standalone software), which shows pitch harmonics on x-axis, in Hz, but preferably with key octave pitches there as well.. Ability to record the reading live for replay, would be needed as well...

Any suggestions appreciated!

george · Post by **george** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:26 am

Scope is probably too basic for the wanted functionality but worth a try https://www.discodsp.com/scope/

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:35 am

Those 2 are pretty great (and free):
https://bomshankamachin.es/plugins/occularScope/
https://fx23.net/psyscope/

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:37 am

VPS Scope does what you want, if I get you right.

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:43 am

chk071 wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:37 am VPS Scope does what you want, if I get you right.

Doesn't it still require the USB dongle?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:44 am

I've no idea TBH. The CM magware version doesn't, that's what I'm using.

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:38 pm

Robin schmidt toolchain ( it also includes signal analyzer and one of the best freeware 303 emulators )
http://www.rs-met.com/

e-crooner · Post by **e-crooner** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:21 pm

Similar question: is there a plugin that plots frequency (instead of time) against amplitude?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:27 pm

VPS Scope does that as well, but, you can also use SPAN.

SamDi · Post by **SamDi** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:35 pm

Not to forget MOscilloscope from Melda Production. And it's free.

Niowiad · Post by **Niowiad** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:00 pm

MOscilloscope is pretty great, with the auto normalization and the pitch detection which automatically zooms-in the waveshape single cycle.
I actually use the one in MMultiAnalyzer, which works the same way.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:12 pm

Niowiad wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:00 pm MOscilloscope is pretty great, with the auto normalization and the pitch detection which automatically zooms-in the waveshape single cycle.

Yep. Whenever I need that, I reach for MOscilloscope. Can be very handy sometimes.

rafa1981 · Post by **rafa1981** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:54 pm

One of the best analyzers along with voxengo SPAN
http://www.jthorborg.com/index.html?ipage=signalizer

chazmuso11 · Post by **chazmuso11** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 10:18 am

Niowiad wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:00 pm MOscilloscope is pretty great, with the auto normalization and the pitch detection which automatically zooms-in the waveshape single cycle.
I actually use the one in MMultiAnalyzer, which works the same way.

So it has the pitch keys lettered along the top, so can see where harmonics are in terms of proximity to true octaves etc?

Niowiad · Post by **Niowiad** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:21 pm

Actually no. I happened to read "oscilloscope" in the title then also saw someone mentioned MOscilloscope.

Looking back at the actual OP, I'm not exactly sure an oscilloscope (which mainly displays the waveform) is what you're looking for, but maybe a spectrum analyzer (which displays the harmonic spectrum), as some people suggested.

Melda has the free MAnalyzer, which also shows Hertz value and (rounded up/down) pitch value for the most prominent harmonics detected in the signal.
This screenshot is displaying a "static" triangle wave at F2 fundamental.
With more complex and "non-static" signals, everything gets obviously more chaotic and more difficult to read.
It really depends on what kind of material you're feeding in.

Looking for decent software oscilloscope